Commuting in San Jacinto County, Texas: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in San Jacinto County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in San Jacinto County spend about 72 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 299 hours, about 12.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 58% more time on the road than the Texas average of 22.8 minutes each way, a difference of 13.1 minutes.
San Jacinto County holds about 0.1% of Texas's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in San Jacinto County would save about 120 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,712 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
San Jacinto County
35.9 min
71.8 min
299 hrs/yr
$9,280
992
Texas
22.8 min
45.6 min
190 hrs/yr
$5,888
1,441
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
35.9
minutes to get to work in
San Jacinto County.
That's 60% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the 3 slowest counties in Texas
The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in San Jacinto County
Car:
88.7%
Worked at Home:
7.6%
Other:
2.9%
Walked:
0.7%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in San Jacinto County, versus 0.1% in Texas.
Public transit is essentially absent in San Jacinto County, versus 0.9% in Texas.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in San Jacinto County, versus 0.2% in Texas.
Biking is unusually rare in San Jacinto County: 5.5 times less than the Texas average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in San Jacinto County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in San Jacinto County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
95.0%
2.4%
0.7%
0.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
94.3%
3.6%
0.4%
1.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
93.5%
4.3%
0.2%
1.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
92.0%
5.2%
0.4%
2.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
91.7%
5.7%
0.5%
1.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
93.5%
4.2%
0.2%
2.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
93.5%
3.7%
1.0%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
93.0%
3.3%
2.2%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.4%
2.6%
2.9%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
93.3%
2.9%
2.4%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
91.6%
4.2%
2.7%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
90.0%
3.4%
4.2%
2.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
91.8%
4.2%
3.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
91.0%
5.6%
2.4%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.9%
4.7%
2.9%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
88.7%
7.6%
2.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 95.0% in 2009 to 88.7% in 2024, down 6.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in San Jacinto County: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 5.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.9% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 2.1% in 2012 and has since fallen back to 0.7%.
Commute Start Times in San Jacinto County
🐦Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Texas's 254 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:55 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in San Jacinto County?
The bars show when commuters in San Jacinto County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Texas for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMSan Jacinto County12.8%Texas5.5%
12.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSan Jacinto County7.0%Texas4.4%
7.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSan Jacinto County8.1%Texas5.1%
8.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSan Jacinto County12.0%Texas9.3%
12.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSan Jacinto County12.0%Texas9.3%
12.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSan Jacinto County10.5%Texas15.3%
10.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSan Jacinto County8.2%Texas11.8%
8.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSan Jacinto County9.5%Texas11.5%
9.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSan Jacinto County5.2%Texas4.8%
5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSan Jacinto County7.1%Texas6.7%
7.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSan Jacinto County1.1%Texas3.1%
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSan Jacinto County1.2%Texas1.3%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSan Jacinto County2.1%Texas5.8%
2.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSan Jacinto County3.2%Texas6.2%
3.2%
San Jacinto CountyTexasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in San Jacinto County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 12.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 5.5% across Texas. Early starts are more common than in Texas: 27.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Texas: 40.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.9% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.6%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in San Jacinto County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is San Jacinto County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting San Jacinto County next to Texas and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
San Jacinto County
Texas
United States
2009
7:00 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:01 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:03 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2012
6:57 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2013
6:54 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2014
6:59 AM
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
2015
6:59 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:02 AM
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:05 AM
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:12 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:13 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:10 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:12 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:07 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:55 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in San Jacinto County were on the road by 6:55 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:00 AM). That goes against the trend across Texas, where the typical commuter now leaves 1 minute later than in 2009. Commuters in San Jacinto County now leave 43 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in San Jacinto County has moved 16 minutes earlier.
How does San Jacinto County's commute time compare?
Metric
San Jacinto County
Texas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
35.9 min
22.8 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
12:00 AM – 04:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.6%
14.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.5%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in San Jacinto County is 35.9 minutes, longer than the 22.8 minutes in Texas.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Texas. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.5% in Texas.
San Jacinto County, TX Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
San Jacinto County, TX is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 28,441 residents against a local median of 80,209. Where San Jacinto County, TX breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 19% above the local median of 30.1 min at 35.9 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 14.7 min on one-way commute, so San Jacinto County, TX sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. San Jacinto County, TX has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in San Jacinto County, Texas.
How much does the average commute cost workers in San Jacinto County, Texas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 299 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $9,280 at a typical national wage. That's 58% more than the typical Texas commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in San Jacinto County, Texas?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in San Jacinto County, Texas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in San Jacinto County, Texas?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Texas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across counties in Texas?
Among counties in Texas, the shortest average commutes are in Loving County (3.3 min), King County (5.8 min), Terrell County (6.5 min). The longest are in Bandera County (38.6 min), San Jacinto County (35.9 min), Liberty County (33.6 min).